Library Staff, by Department


Access Services

Provides access and maintains the law library's collections; provides circulation and document delivery services to library patrons. Circulation Desk email: [[lawcir]]; Interlibrary Loan: [[lawill]].

Stephen N. Blaiklock

Circulation & Reserve Supervisor
Email: [[snblai]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3258
Office location: Room L105A   

Ginger Chwalowski
Circulation Assistant
Email: [[gachwalowski]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3260
Office location: Room L105
Angie Taliferro

Assistant Circulation & Reserve Supervisor
Email: [[altaliferro]]
Office phone: (757) 221-4337
Office location: Room L105B 

Michael N. Umberger

Head of Access Services
Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Mercer University
Email: [[mnumberger]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3253
Office location: Room L106

Carisa Valle

Resource Sharing & Outreach Librarian
Degrees: B.A., Longwood University
Email: [[cvalle]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3259
Office location: Room L111A

Director's Office
Katherine Rawson

Library Assistant
Email: [[kwrawson]]
Office phone: (757) 221-5160
Office location: Room 102G

Leslie A. Street

Director of the Wolf Law Library and Clinical Professor of Legal Research
Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Brigham Young University
Email: [[lstreet]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3252
Office location: Room L102F

Research & Instructional Services

Assists and instructs students, faculty, and other library patrons in the use of legal and law-related information resources. Reference Desk email: [[wolflibref]].

Christopher D. Byrne

Head of Research & Instructional Services
Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Rhode Island; J.D., Harvard; B.A., Hamilton
Email: [[cdbyrn]]
Office phone: (757) 221-1736
Office location: Room L108

Fred W. Dingledy

Senior Reference Librarian
Degrees: J.D., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
Email: [[fwding]]
Office phone: (757) 221-6351
Office location: Room L114

Paul Hellyer

Senior Reference Librarian
Degrees: J.D. & B.A., UCLA; M.L.I.S., San Jose State University
Email: [[phellyer]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3249
Office location: Room L110

Devan Orr

Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian
Degrees: J.D. & B.A., Arizona State University; M.L.I.S., University of Arizona
Email: [[dorr]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3256
Office location: Room L112

Leslie A. Street

Director of the Wolf Law Library and Clinical Professor of Legal Research
Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Brigham Young University
Email: [[lstreet]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3252
Office location: Room L102F

Michael N. Umberger

Head of Access Services
Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Mercer University
Email: [[mnumberger]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3253
Office location: Room L106

Technical Services & Special Collections

Ensures effective access to the law library's resources in all formats through acquisition and processing of library materials.

Amanda J. Beasley

Law Library Accountant
Degrees: M.A., B.S., Liberty University
Email: [[ajbeasley]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3245
Office location: Room L103L

Kathryn H. Downing
Digital Collections & Archives Librarian
Degrees: MSc, University of Edinburgh; B.A., William & Mary
Email: [[khdowning]]
Office phone: (757) 221-1348
Office location: Room L103M
Joanna L. Jourdan

Metadata Librarian
Degrees: M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; B.A., University of Mary Washington
Email: [[jljourdan]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3248
Office location: Room L103F

Linda K. Tesar

Head of Technical Services & Special Collections
Degrees: M.L.S. and M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Austin Peay State University
Email: [[lktesar]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3244
Office location: Room L103H

Stephanie J. Wilmes

Collections Services Specialist
Degrees: J.D., William & Mary Law School, B.A., Vassar
Email: [[sjwilmes]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3251
Office location: Room L103E